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The UK's trade policy after leaving the European Union

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 17/09/2020 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 9: Correspondence from the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language to the Chair and the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding Ministerial Forum for Trade - 14 August 2020

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Meeting: 17/09/2020 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 3: Correspondence from the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language to the Chair and the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the Ministerial Forum for Trade - 19 July 2020

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Meeting: 27/01/2020 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 4: Correspondence from the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language to the Chair regarding Ministerial Forum for Trade - 23 January 2020

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Minutes:

3.4.1  The paper was noted.

 

Meeting: 20/01/2020 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Seminar session on international trade

Mark Dayan – Nuffield Trust

Michael Gasiorek - UK Trade Policy Observatory

Ludivine Petetin – Cardiff University

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Minutes:

4.1     The panel responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 18/11/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Scrutiny session with the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1     Members considered the evidence received.

 

Meeting: 23/09/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Scrutiny session with the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

6.1     Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 10/06/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Scrutiny session with the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1     Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 10/06/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Scrutiny session with the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language

Eluned Morgan AM, Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language

Emma Edworthy, Welsh Government

Rachael Clancy, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

2.1     The Minister responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 29/04/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 3: Correspondence from the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language to the Chair regarding international agreements - 18 April 2019

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Minutes:

3.3.1 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 01/04/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Scrutiny of international agreements

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Minutes:

4.1     Members considered and noted the following agreements:

  • Interim economic partnership agreement between the UK and the Pacific States;
  • UK-Spain Agreement on the Participation in Certain Elections of Nationals of each Country Resident in the territory of the other; and
  • UK-Spain International Agreement on Taxation and the Protection of Financial Interests regarding Gibraltar.

Meeting: 25/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Scrutiny of international agreements

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Minutes:

6.1     Members considered the following agreements:

·         UK-Switzerland-Liechtenstein Trade Agreement

·         UK/Switzerland: Agreement on Citizens’ Rights following Withdrawal of UK from the EU and Free Movement of Persons Agreement

6.2     Members agreed to write to the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language in pursuit of a consultation issue raised by these, and previous, agreements.

Meeting: 11/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Scrutiny of international agreements

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8.1 Members agreed to write to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to seek a clarification of his statement on responsibility for fisheries policy within the UK.

Meeting: 04/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Scrutiny session with the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 04/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 5 - Correspondence from the Minister of International Relations and the Welsh Language to the Chair regarding international agreements - 26 February 2019

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Minutes:

3.5 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 04/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Scrutiny session with the Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language

Eluned Morgan AM, Minister for International Relations and the Welsh Language

Emma Edworthy, Welsh Government

Rachael Clancy, Welsh Government

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Minutes:

2.1 The Minister responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 04/03/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 4 - Correspondence from Baroness Fairhead to the Chair regarding the Trade Bill - 19 February 2019

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Minutes:

3.4 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 11/02/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 International agreements - seminar session

Dr Ludivine Petetin, Cardiff University

Dr Maria Garcia, University of Bath

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Minutes:

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 11/02/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

International agreements - seminar session - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

4.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 04/02/2019 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 3 - Correspondence from Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union to Lord Boswell, Chair of the EU Select Committee regarding an update on international trade agreements - 25 January 2019

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Minutes:

3.3 The paper was noted.

 

Meeting: 10/12/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Briefing on the role of sub-state legislatures in the scrutiny of international trade agreements

 Matthew Bevington, Menon Associates

 

 

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Minutes:

6.1 Members received a briefing on the role of sub-state legislatures in the scrutiny of international trade agreements.

Meeting: 10/12/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Understanding the economic impact of Brexit - evidence session

Gemma Tetlow, the Institute for Government

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Minutes:

2.1 The witness gave a presentation to Members on understanding the economic impact of Brexit.  The witness responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 15/10/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

The UK's trade policy after leaving the European Union - consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 Members considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 15/10/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 The UK's trade policy after leaving the European Union - evidence session

George Hollingbery, Minister of State for Trade Policy

Leonie Lambert, Department for International Trade

Robin Healey, Wales Office

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 17/09/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 6 - Correspondence from Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Economy regarding trade policy after Brexit and the implications for Wales - 3 August 2018

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Minutes:

3.6 The paper was noted.

 

Meeting: 16/07/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from George Hollingbery MP, Minister of State for Trade Policy regarding amendments to the Trade Bill - 10 July 2018

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Minutes:

4.1 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 05/07/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport to the House of Commons Select Committee on International Trade

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Minutes:

5.7.1 The letter was noted by the Committee

Meeting: 25/06/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Paper to note 9 - Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy to Angus MacNeil MP, Chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on International Trade, regarding UK trade strategy post Brexit - 21 June 2018

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Minutes:

4.9 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 25/06/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Paper to note 1 - Correspondence from Greg Hands MP, Minister of State for Trade Policy, regarding the implications of future trade policy - 11 June 2018

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Minutes:

4.1 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 21/05/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Paper to note 1 - Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport regarding trade policy after Brexit - 15 May 2018

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Minutes:

4.1 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 30/04/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Paper to note 2 - Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport regarding dates of the EU exit working group - 16 April 2018

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Minutes:

3.2 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 05/03/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Paper to note 1 - Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport to the Chair of the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee re the Trade Bill and trade policy - 26 February 2018

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Minutes:

2.1 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 14/02/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport regarding the Welsh Government publication 'Trade policy: the issues for Wales'

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Minutes:

2.3.1 The correspondence was noted by the Committee

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

Future trade policy and its implications for Wales: discussion of evidence

Minutes:

3.1 Members considered evidence they had received.

Meeting: 12/02/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Future trade policy and its implications for Wales: Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport

Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure

Emma Edworthy, Welsh Government

Rachael Clancy, Welsh Government

 

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Legislative Consent Memorandum: Trade Bill

 

Welsh Government proposed amendments to the Trade Bill

 

Trade Policy: the issues for Wales

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Minutes:

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

 

Meeting: 15/01/2018 - Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Trade Bill: Legislative Consent Memorandum

CLA(5)-02-18 – Paper 12 – Trade Bill: Legislative Consent Memorandum

 

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Minutes:

The Committee noted the Legislative Consent Memorandum.

Meeting: 08/01/2018 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from Hub Cymru Africa regarding 'Making Trade Agreements Fair and Transparent'

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5.6 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 11/12/2017 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Letter from HM Treasury regarding UK customs policy post Brexit

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Minutes:

2.1 The paper was noted.

Meeting: 04/12/2017 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Discussion on UK future trade policy and its implications for Wales

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Minutes:

2. The Committee held discussions with an expert panel.

 

Meeting: 04/12/2017 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1)

1 Discussion on the UK Government's trade bill and its implications for Wales

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Minutes:

1.   The Committee held discussions with an expert panel.

Meeting: 27/11/2017 - External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Letter from the Minister of State for Trade Policy, the Rt Hon Greg Hands MP, regarding the Trade Bill

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